Kendal woke up excited and happy on her birthday. She opened up her presents from us at breakfast. She got an umbrella, scripture case, necklace, and camera. She's been wanting an umbrella for ages; and I felt she was ready for a better camera as well.
Unfortunately Peter wasn't feeling well. After throwing up twice I kept him home from school. He fell asleep arguing with me that he still wanted to go to school. Awhile later I had to wake him up to go pick up a promised birthday class treat for Kendal. Sadly a few minutes into our doughnut pickup at Smith's, I had to rush Peter to a nearby trashcan to throw up again. I felt so bad and couldn't decide what to do. To make things more difficult Alice fell asleep for a much needed nap in the car on the way to school. So I had a bad mom moment where I ditched the sleeping kid and sick kid in the car while I booked it into the school loaded with treats for Kendal class. I dumped the treats, said many apologies and ran back to the car to wait for school to end and Kendal to get out. Peter threw up in the car while we waited for Kendal 😷. Luckily Casey saved Kendal's day. I dropped her off with him. She hung out in his class for a bit and did some homework. Then they picked up some Arctic Circle and headed over to Casey's game. Kendal got to enjoy Casey's game and stayed for the varsity game as well. She got some sweet calls and messages from family and ended her birthday on a good note. Thankfully I got Peter to eat a dinner of oatmeal before he went to bed and after a good night's sleep he was doing better. Alice was my trooper and dealt with a chaotic day. She had an off few days, but nothing compared to big brother. She turned ten months old on Kendal's birthday!
My parents and Katherine came up to visit a couple of days later. We went out shopping after lunch while the kids were at school. Alice stayed back with them while I took Kendal and Peter to the dentist after school. (No cavities!! Healthy teeth!) We enjoyed a night at home that evening. My parents gave Kendal a sewing machine, bracelet, and game for her birthday. She's so excited to use it and we tinkered around with it figuring it out that Sunday. Katherine gave her a sweet CTR ring with a dragonfly on it.
That night Peter's gunk caught up with me. I spent hour after hour running to the bathroom feeling horrible and dealing with one end or the other. Poor Alice wasn't happy in the pack n play and was up quite a bit so Casey had to deal with her and poor Katherine had to hear it all from the next room. 😖
The next day Dad, Casey, and Peter went into D and B. Kendal played with grandma and Katherine. I was just trudging along; however I did get a cake baked that morning. Kendal had her third basketball game early that afternoon. She played the post position and did her best; but the other team was fierce and ended up winning. Alice fell asleep with Grandma while Peter bugged for treats and disappeared with buddies. Kendal chose chick-fill-a for a birthday dinner.
The next day my Dad was a hero and took all the kids while the rest of us went to the Meridian temple dedication. It was spiritual, and good. I laughed at Elder Uchtdorf's comment that things last longer in the fridge so the poor people stuck outside the Temple in the frigid cold will definitely last longer. (Thank you Dad for watching the kids!) It's wonderful to have another temple in Idaho. I can't wait for Pocatello's to be built and hope Peter is old enough so he and Kendal can go to that dedication.
Kendal continued her birthday celebrations by having a friend's party on Wednesday. The kids were out for thanksgiving break so we had the party that morning. Kendal wanted a girly party. We made lip gloss, played a nail painting game, decorated cookies, did friendship bracelets, played freeze dance / tag.
It was busy, loud, silly, and messy; but I chalk that up to a good time.
Pictured below. Right to left. Top: Estella, Brook, Meadow, David, Ashlyn, Lily. Bottom: Echo, Kendal, Breanna. (A few buddies couldn't come, becca was home sick, and funny enough David was all about the girly party and wanted to join, so he did. 😁)
Peter had a "Thanksgiving feast" at school last Tuesday. I opted out so Alice could nap, but I was told that he was cute and did well in their program. Kendal didn't want me to throw away her turkey she worked so hard on, however there is no way I'm keeping the plethora of papers and projects that come home so a picture sufficed this time.
Wednesday: Casey took Peter and Alice that morning so I could manage the party. They ended up at McDonald's while the car was being worked on, I switched later and had the other car worked on before we headed out to Raft River.
Grandma and Grandpa were wonderful and gifted Kendal her first full set of scriptures for her birthday. She was so happy to get them and proudly took them to church today.
We got to spend Thanksgiving with Grandma and Grandpa Darrington!! Brett, Vanessa, and their crew were there to celebrate with us also! It was a good day with wonderful food and family. While the pictures weren't ideal, I'm sure grateful for the wonderful people within them.
Kendal discovered that her precious new CTR ring from Aunt Katherine was missing. With loads of prayers and Load of luck the ring was found in the sand box the next morning.
Friday we had a chill morning at Grandma's. Nicole, Jordan, Terry, and their kids came for the afternoon. The kids played the afternoon away and even got to sit in the manure truck for a bit with Grandpa. We came home that night so Casey could be around for basketball practice Saturday morning.
I did some black Friday doing online, and we got a bit more done Saturday afternoon. We also got our tree and decorations up! Peter wants Christmas to come soon, (but I need more time, between big birthdays, an upcoming baptism, and busy lives I need all the time I can get. ; ). Today was a nice day of church and family time. Kendal had her baptism interview and is even more excited (if there can be even more than she already has been for her special day this Saturday!)
We learned my Great Aunt Bonnie passed away this past week. I'll always remember visits to her home, her amazing garden, love of humming birds, stories, countless 24th of July parades seeing her and spending time with her, and the care she had for us. I'll miss her sweet presence and love. I'm happy to know she's back home with long lost family and our Father in Heaven. Till we meet again Aunt Bonnie; till we meet again. 💗
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